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gshannon
Captain Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: BC Canada Status: Offline Points: 336 |
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Lovely photo. Is that an A2?
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Grahame
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gshannon
Captain Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: BC Canada Status: Offline Points: 336 |
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A photo of the (17 year old) symmetric spinnaker on the new Harken furler. The rigger said it wouldn't work. The sailmaker said it might. It works. Photo taken by Pierre Cote on Delicate Balance. The new Asymm has arrived and we will try it out within the next few days. It is about 10% bigger than this one. Edited by gshannon - 10 August 2018 at 23:27 |
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Grahame
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silversailor
Admiral Joined: 25 May 2005 Location: South Haven, MI Status: Offline Points: 1021 |
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Let us know how you like the Harken furler.
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Silversailor
South Haven, MI USA S/V Legacy 2010 Andrews 28 |
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gshannon
Captain Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: BC Canada Status: Offline Points: 336 |
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So far it seems great, very well engineered. Have not tried it in any serious wind yet. Will report more when I have.
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Grahame
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gshannon
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Installed and tried the new asymm on Tuesday. Very little wind. It looks good and furls well but we never had more than 3 knots of wind. I'm planning to try again later today and may get some photos.
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Grahame
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gshannon
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Today we had 8-10 knots of wind and tried the spinnaker out properly. We could easily reach up to 60 degrees off the apparent wind, and probably higher if need be. Speeds were in the 6.5 to 7 knot range topping out about 7.5. I started out with the main up but found I had trouble seeing the spinny so dropped it. Didn't see much speed difference.
Dead downwind speed dropped to 5.6 knots, still pretty good. I would say it is at least a bit faster in this wind than the old symmetric. A much better shape for reaching. Then we furled it which went smoothly. The Harken reflex is a first class piece of gear. Left it up and sailed back a few miles to windward. If it interfered with flow over the jib it wasn't obvious. |
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